By 2014 the band comprised Talbot, Devonshire, guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, and drummer Jon Beavis.
The band's first release was the Welcome EP in 2012. Guitarist Mark Bowen moved from Belfast to study in Bristol and met Talbot while on the DJ circuit. According to Talbot, "It took us a long time to get productive because we didn't know what the fuck we were doing at all, we were fucking terrible for a long time." Talbot and Devonshire went on to open the Bat-Cave Night Club in Bristol. Talbot and Devonshire then both moved to Bristol where they studied at the St Matthias Campus of the University of the West of England and decided to start a band. Talbot and bassist Adam Devonshire met in sixth form college in Exeter. Welsh frontman Joe Talbot was born in Newport and spent his late teenage years in Devon.
Main articles: Welcome (Idles EP) and Meat (Idles EP)
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